Ella Frost
Co-Founder & Recipe Creator · The Cooking Twins
Portland, Oregon · Oregon State University · Recipe Development, Food Writing, Content Strategy
Ella Frost is the precision mind and texture obsessive behind The Cooking Twins. As the other half of the twin duo who founded the brand, she brings exactness, patience, and a deep understanding of what makes a recipe truly reliable from perfectly set no-bake bars and sliceable cheesecakes to crispy appetizers, easy desserts, and anything that needs to come out right every single time.
Her love of cooking was born in the same grandmother’s kitchen as Emma’s, but what caught Ella’s attention wasn’t just the flavors it was the technique. Why does a cheesecake hold at four hours but not two? What makes a no-bake bar sliceable versus crumbly? Those are the questions she’s been chasing ever since, and the answers are baked into every recipe she publishes.
Today, Ella is the testing backbone of The Cooking Twins. She measures everything twice and her recipe notes are the most detailed on the site. When you see “full-fat cream cheese only” or “do not skip the chill time” in a recipe card, that’s Ella. She tested the shortcut. It didn’t work. She’s saving you the trouble.
What Ella specializes in
No-bake desserts & bars · Cheesecakes & icebox pies · Holiday and seasonal baking · Layered fridge desserts · Easy crowd-pleasing sweet treats
How Ella tests recipes
Ella tests every recipe independently from Emma before the two compare notes. She documents ratios, timing, texture results, and substitution failures in writing and she re-tests until the recipe works not just in perfect conditions, but on a regular weeknight with regular ingredients. Her goal is simple: if you follow the recipe exactly as written, it should work. Every time.
The precision twin because great flavor deserves a recipe that actually works.
